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‘I’ve never known it like this’ – the UK’s struggle to get the Christmas turkey to the table
13/11/2021
Poultry farmers and meat processors have struggled to cope due to Covid- and Brexit-induced staff shortages. But help may soon be at hand.
Traditional Farm Fresh Turkey Association chair warns people are ‘missing whole host of workforce’.
Thousands of British petrol stations ran out of fuel due to panic buying on Monday, after days of long queues at pumps caused by the lorry driver shortage. Analysts say that, in addition to Covid, the speed of the Brexit process bears a lot of responsibility for the crisis...
The haulage industry has urged Boris Johnson to step up “lacklustre” efforts to tackle a shortage of 100,000 HGV drivers, telling him to act now on supply chains or face a Christmas crisis.
Some types of wine and spirits may not be available unless ministers take urgent action to fix lorry driver shortage and shipping delays, say alcohol suppliers.
Export health certificates on food from the EU will now only be needed from July 1 next year - instead of October 1 under previous plans - after a crisis of lost lorry drivers and empty shelves.
The UK could face a shortage of turkeys in the run up to Christmas as a specialist supplier blamed the crisis "100%" on Brexit.
As British people walk among empty supermarket shelves, they could be forgiven for being concerned about Christmas. When the government deploys the army and desperately tries to import thousands of foreign temporary workers, the promised post-Brexit “sunlit uplands” seem rather distant. The most acute shortage is that of lorry drivers.
JAMES BALL examines the areas where Britain is now feeling the painful consequences of its departure from the EU.
Thousands of kids face a miserable Christmas with presents delayed in pre-Brexit ports chaos
09/12/2020
The British Toy and Hobby Association has called on the Government to save Christmas for thousands of children by taking immediate action.
Tesco faces Brexit deadline headache
03/07/2019
Planning for the new Brexit deadline is "more difficult" because the supply network will be full of Christmas stock, Tesco's boss has warned.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said the fallout from Brexit is still to come, as the UK grapples with supply chain delays and truck driver shortages that could cause Christmas disruption to the retail sector.
Shortages are the only thing we don't seem to be running out of in the UK right now.
Next, one of Britain’s biggest clothing retailers, warned it may struggle to deliver its normal service in the run up to Christmas unless the government relaxes post-Brexit immigration rules to allow more workers into the country.
Prince Charles has ‘paused’ orders for his luxury Highgrove range of products into the EU amid supply chain wrangles on the continent.
This lorry driver tells James O'Brien that no European HGV operator would take up the UK's offer of a 3-month visa to save Christmas.
Penneys issue Christmas shopping warning to Irish customers as stock delays expected due to Brexit
14/09/2021
Irish shoppers may have to wait a little bit longer for new pieces to land in store due to shipment disruptions.
No-deal Brexit: Brits should post Christmas presents for the EU ‘by Halloween to avoid delays’
21/08/2019
Gift givers would have to fill out paperwork and recipients may pay VAT.
October worst time to stockpile as warehouses full of Christmas goods, says retail body. / Retailers have warned that there will be shortages of fresh food coupled with potential price rises if there is a no-deal Brexit.
Supermarket believes October deadline is ‘not far off the worst day possible’ for retailers. / Supplies of toys and electronics for Christmas could be hit by a no-deal Brexit, the boss of Sainsbury’s has warned as he revealed another set of disappointing sales figures.
NI kids could see Santa run out of Christmas toys amid fears over Brexit-related shortages
07/09/2021
Toys at the top of Santa’s wish list could be in short supply in Northern Ireland this Christmas, parents have been warned.
British cattle farmers are sending supplies to Ireland to be carved into cuts, according to the chief executive of the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA), before being brought back to the UK for consumption.
Sacha Berendji also told a House of Lords committee that M&S had faced increased costs and wastage due to new rules and administration.
The firm has faced post-Brexit difficulties in supplying food from Britain to its stores in the Republic of Ireland.